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Wf^t ilutol)tograp]^g of Eeonarn SSIi^eatcroft 



With Notes in brackp:ts [ ] by Rev. Chas. Kerry. 



NOTHER interesting Derbyshire relic — the autobi- 

 ography of Leonard Wheatcroft — has been placed in 

 our hands for publication in this journal by the 

 Rev. Nich. Milnes, to whose kindness we were 

 indebted for the poems and memoranda of this Derbyshire 

 worthy published in vol. xviii. of this Jiuriial. 



The little MS. of twenty-four leaves, and measuring 5 inches 

 by 3 inches, is stitched in a brown calf binding, formerly secured 

 by small clasps, and bearing the word " GALLEN,'' with " 1660 " 

 impressed or stamped on the first cover. As there does not 

 appear to have been any original connection between the cover 

 and its contents, and since no copy of any of Galen's works would 

 appear to have been in Leonard's library, the name may be simply 

 intended for G. Allen. A slip, probably intended for a sort of 

 title page, has been inserted at the commencement, evidently by 

 Leonard himself, inscribed : — 



" A History of my Birth, Parantage 

 And Pilgrimage who was 

 Boriie May the first 1627 

 and was Buried " — 



[The hiatus has probably been supplied by his son, Titus.] 



" January 3 

 1706 : and was clerk 36 years 

 Aged 79 years and 8 moenths." 



